Maybe. This thick in the weeds, anything is possible. But, I try not to veer too far away from simplest explanations, once I've accepted one or two things that are "nuts."

So, accepting this guy is truthful... what's more likely? That he's a well connected survivor like James Clapper, and a secret cabal of military intelligence is purposely putting it out there with insufficient identity masking? Or it's someone else much less publicly visible and the identity masking is more than sufficient for that person.

I don't know Clapper personally, but I've conversed with people who knew him before he was DNI. One thing that stands out, is the guy is very, very, very capable in a metaphorical knife-fight. I remember when he was first put forward, the chattering classes were just jabbering away about how he was going to be fresh meat for CIA and Panetta. Nope. Panetta was out of there in a matter of months. Crushed.

Maybe Clapper had nothing to do with it. But the man's had a track record of sidestepping and shanking civilian bureaucrats his whole career in military intel. Gonna be honest, if you think you're hearing admiration here, you are. It has made his subsequent visible track record under Obongo very uncomfortable for me personally-- trying to reconcile what I've known about the man prior to that, with what's out there now.

I guess in the end, when "they" get you, "they" get you. And there's only so long you can dance with the devil. Honestly, I hope he really is some kind of deep throat, looking for redemption and some kind of retirement that doesn't include prison. But, if I'm honest about the world we live in, I have to think nah-- probably not. Too unlikely.